Mental Health Practitioner

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health services provider in Maidenhead is seeking a full-time Mental Health Practitioner to join their Adults Community Mental Health Team. The successful candidate will hold a caseload, deliver interventions, and support service users in their recovery journey. This role offers a supportive environment with flexible working options, generous leave, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days’ annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Learning and career development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Discounts at retailers and restaurants

Generous maternity/paternity leave

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Proven experience working with service users in various settings.
• Ability to work autonomously and flexibly.
• Commitment to high-quality clinical services.

Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload and deliver time-limited interventions using the recovery model.
• Empower service users to utilize their strengths for recovery.
• Participate in regular clinical supervision and support.

Skills

Mental Health Practitioner

Decision-making skills

Community experience

Knowledge of mental health treatments

Education

Professional qualification in mental health

Job description

The post holder will be joining a well-established operational team working within the Adults Community Mental Health Team in WAM (Windsor, Ascot & Maidenhead). Our working hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, full-time.

The WAM Community Mental Health Team is a multi‑disciplinary team comprised of social workers, community mental health nurses, consultant psychiatrists, psychologists, psychological therapists, community support workers, employment specialists, and administrators/reception staff. The CMHT is jointly funded by Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Local Authority.

You will be an enthusiastic, professionally qualified Mental Health Practitioner who is committed to providing responsive and high‑quality clinical services to mental health service users and their carers.

You will have extensive relevant experience of working with service users in a range of settings, ideally with some community experience but this is not essential. A keen interest in all mental health issues affecting service users is required and up to date knowledge of treatments and protocols. You will be able to work autonomously, exercise clear and coherent decision‑making skills and be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the wider service. Training will be given to further develop your knowledge and understanding of this client group.

You will work within the WAM Community Integrated Mental Health Services. You will hold a caseload and focus on delivery of a specific time‑limited intervention using the recovery model. The care and treatment will focus on empowering service users to use their strengths, skills and special interest to help in their recovery whilst under the secondary services working with our Multidisciplinary Team. You will be offered regular clinical supervision and support from the Clinical Lead.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated “outstanding” by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ishumael Nyachengwe Job title: Joint Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01628640200